Unit-Based Councils Sample Clauses
The Unit Based Councils clause establishes committees or groups within specific units of an organization, typically in healthcare settings, to facilitate shared decision-making and address unit-specific issues. These councils are composed of staff members from the unit, such as nurses or other professionals, who collaborate to improve processes, patient care, and workplace conditions. By empowering frontline staff to participate in governance and problem-solving, this clause enhances communication, fosters engagement, and ensures that decisions are informed by those directly involved in day-to-day operations.
Unit-Based Councils. The Union and the Employer support the concept of shared governance. Unit based staffing councils shall be composed of work area staff and management representation. They will meet two (2) hours per month, or more frequently as mutually agreed by the parties.
a) Unit based councils will work with their nursing leadership to operationalize the approved resources
b) Unit based council meetings shall be at times so that off shift and weekend employees may attend.
c) If a solution cannot be found on their units Unit Based Council concerns may be brought forward to the Staffing and Professional Development Committee.
d) Employees who attend Unit Based Council meetings while not scheduled to work shall be paid non- care hours for time spent at the meetings.
e) Unit Based Council chairs shall receive two (2) hours of non-care pay in order to prepare for these meetings.
Unit-Based Councils. The Union and the Hospital agree to activate Unit Based Councils representing each Unit. The purpose of these councils is to provide a formal mechanism for management and staff to discuss operational issues related to each Unit. Each council would meet on a regular basis provided an appropriate number of staff RNs from each shift agree to participate. Topics for discussion would include system/process improvements; quality of care; patient satisfaction; staffing, employee and physician satisfaction; unit based orientation; support of students; equipment needs; etc. In guiding the Council’s work, resources shall include utilization of nursing research findings, literature review and field review of innovations in practice, PSPH’s own data and outside resource people. Each Unit Based Council will collaboratively prepare an agenda, and subsequently produce minutes of the meeting. Each Unit Based Council may elect to provide a report on a quarterly basis to the Committee as appropriate.
Unit-Based Councils. Each unit shall have a unit-based council composed of staff RNs from each shift on the unit (elected by nurses on the unit covered by the terms of this Collective Bargaining Agreement) and the union nurse representative for that unit along with the nurse manager and other SMMC representatives as may be appropriate. Each unit-based council shall meet at least ten (10) months a year. The purpose of each council is to address unit specific issues.
Unit-Based Councils. Each unit shall have a unit-based council composed of staff RNs from each shift on the unit (elected by nurses on the unit covered by the terms of this Collective Bargaining Agreement) and the union nurse representative for that unit along with the